{"id":2001534,"date":"2023-08-15T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-says-he-was-hacked-by-chinese-spies\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:40:40","slug":"gop-rep-says-he-was-hacked-by-chinese-spies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-says-he-was-hacked-by-chinese-spies\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep Claims Chinese Spies Hacked Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-says-he-was-hacked-by-chinese-spies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001534&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Reuters<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>A Republican Congressman Claims\u2063 Chinese Spies Hacked His Emails<\/h3>\n<p>A \u2063Republican congressman said he was hacked\u2064 by Chinese spies, the latest \u2062sign of aggression from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">communist country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I \u200dthank the FBI for notifying me that the CCP\u2064 hacked into my personal and campaign emails\u200d from May 15th to June 16th of this year,&#8221; Rep. Don\u2062 Bacon (R., Neb.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonBacon\/status\/1691187487350177793?s=20\">tweeted.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bacon claimed\u2063 the spies used a &#8220;vulnerability&#8221; within Microsoft software and\u200d that it \u200cwas not due \u2064to any &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baldwin-on-if-he-feels-guilt-for-killing-halyna-hutchins-no-someone-is-responsible-its-not-me\/\" title=\"Baldwin On If He Feels Guilt For Killing Halyna Hutchins: \u2018No,\u2019 \u2018Someone Is Responsible \u2026 It\u2019s Not Me\u2019\">user error<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Communist government in China are not our friends and are very active \u200cin conducting\u200d cyber espionage,&#8221; \u2063Bacon said.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes as Republicans have called attention to Chinese hacking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/argentina-church-asks-lawmakers-to-search-their-hearts-ahead-of-abortion-vote\/\" title=\"Argentina church asks lawmakers to search their hearts ahead of abortion vote\">government data<\/a>, <em>The \u200bHill <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/4153381-gop-lawmaker-says-he-was-hacked-by-chinese-spies\/\">reported<\/a><em>:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Republicans on\u2064 the House Oversight \u2064and Accountability Committee\u2062 launched an investigation earlier this month into \u200brecent data breaches of email systems at federal agencies such as the State\u200d Department and \u2064the Department of\u2064 Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese-based hackers also breached\u2062 the email\u200c of U.S.\u2063 Ambassador \u2062to China Nicholas Burns last \u2064month.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b their letters,\u200c the Oversight Republicans \u2062told Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2064 and Secretary \u200dof Commerce \u200dGina Raimondo that\u200c they are requesting a\u2064 briefing on the matter, saying\u200d the \u200bpurpose\u2064 is &#8220;to understand\u200c the extent and\u2062 ramifications\u200b of the breach by Chinese hackers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bacon promised in\u2063 the\u2064 wake of \u200dthe hack \u200bto &#8220;ensure&#8221; that\u200d Taiwan gets \u200ball the weapons it has ordered &#8220;and more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after Chinese state media released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-says-he-was-hacked-by-chinese-spies\/\" title=\"GOP Rep Claims Chinese Spies Hacked Him\">documentary showing soldiers preparing<\/a> \u2063to attack Taiwan and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/chinese-soldiers-pledge-to-give-lives-in-invasion-of-taiwan\/\">promising<\/a> to give up\u200b their\u2064 lives in battle if needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/china\/\" title=\"View all posts in China\">China<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that Chinese spies hacked into his personal and campaign emails from May 15th to June 16th this year. He expressed gratitude to the FBI for alerting him about the intrusion, highlighting the ongoing aggression from the communist country. 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